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Wales now more than ever needs a jobs first agenda
Written by CWS Chief Operations Officer Edward Sumner: Since the start of the pandemic we have seen Governments struggle to adapt to the everchanging situation and struggled even more trying to balance the risk to public health and the risk to the economy. Governments...
Tax doesn’t have to be taxing
Article written by Dr Tomos Dafydd Davies, Deputy Chairman, Welsh Conservative Party: Tax doesn’t have to be taxing, or so claimed the man from the Inland Revenue in that famous TV campaign at the start of the noughties. And nor should it be for the authors of the...
The consent of the people is needed during the Covid-19 pandemic
Article written by CWS Board Adviser Adrian Mason who is a constitutional lawyer: You often hear people saying that the UK does not have a written Constitution. That of course is nonsense. Whilst it is true that we do not have a Constitution written within one...
The future of the Welsh-American relationship is bright
Article written by United States Congressman Morgan Griffith, Chairman of The Friends of Wales Caucus and member of the Freedom and Liberty Caucuses. As Chairman of the Congressional Friends of Wales Caucus, I am proud to advocate in the halls of the United States...
Landlords are not the enemy: How the private rented sector can be a force for good
Written by Calum Davies is the Welsh Policy & Public Affairs Officer for the National Residential Landlords Association: Landlords have not had an easy ride in the media recently. Coronavirus has put pressure on incomes, leading to calls for rent reductions or...
Drastic action must be enacted sooner rather than later to take Wales off life support
Article written by CWS Board Adviser, Monima O'Connor:Why does the Welsh Government not understand Small and Medium sized businesseswhich are the lifeblood of our Principality? Is it because most Government MS’scome to Cardiff Bay from the richly rewarded public...
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Internship x2 (Comms and Research) (16 hours per week) The Centre for Welsh Studies was founded in early 2017, with the intention of changing the political landscape in Wales, after witnessing the disparity of views between those representing the people and the views...
The Government’s draconian measures can’t last forever
Article written by CWS Board Adviser Adrian Mason who is also is Deputy Chair (Political) of North Wales Conservatives and a Constitutional lawyer. Those of us who are either medics or lawyers have long since learnt that you do not say what you do for a living at a...
War on obesity: Nanny state meddling? Or overdue action?
This long read was put together by CWS Director, Matthew MacKinnon & CWS Chief Operations Officer, Edward Sumner: There is clearly a problem with obesity in the UK and across the world, this problem has been growing decade upon decade and after various campaigns...